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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Roland Ryf, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Edward L. Sutter, Jr., Fanwood, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Roland Ryf, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Edward L. Sutter, Jr., Fanwood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
As discussed herein, there is presented a visual communication system, a method of conducting two-way visual communication and an apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: (1) a lens substrate having a first array of micro lenses on one side thereof, (2) an optical output substrate having a second array of display pixels and (3) an optical input substrate having a third array of image sensors laterally inter-dispersed with respect to display pixels of the first array and positioned to receive light from the micro lenses of the first array.